Veterans Transition Resource Center

Helping Veterans Transition from Military to Civilian Life

VTRC North:  1191 Manhattan Way |Gardnerville, NV 89460

VTRC South:  2955 E Sunset Rd Suite 101 | Las Vegas, NV 89120
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On North Korea, Trump seems to undermine a senior adviser

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TOKYO — Seemingly contradicting his national security adviser , President Donald Trump on Sunday played down North Korea’s recent missile tests and said they were not a concern for him. The comments tweeted during his trip to Japan were sure to unnerve leaders of the U.S. ally that is … [Read more...]

WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94

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SANTA FE, N.M. — John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. He was 94. Senate colleague Michael Padilla confirmed Pinto's death in Gallup on Friday after years of … [Read more...]

NASCAR honors fallen service members at Coca-Cola 600, where top Marine will grand marshal

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The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller will be the grand marshal for Sunday’s NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte, North Carolina, race track where he will give the command to start engines, according to Marine officials. The 600-mile race will also honor fallen service … [Read more...]

Trial of Navy SEAL accused of killing prisoner set for June

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SAN DIEGO — The court martial of a SEAL accused of killing an Islamic State prisoner under his care in Iraq in 2017 is scheduled to start June 10. Navy spokesman Brian O'Rourke says the trial should last about two weeks. It had been scheduled to start Tuesday, but that date was pushed back … [Read more...]

Navy: Sailor contacted Russians, pleads guilty to espionage

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SAN DIEGO — A U.S. sailor has pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage and was sentenced to three years after admitting he took classified information about the Navy’s nuclear-powered warships and planned to give it to a journalist and then defect to Russia, officials said Friday. U.S. Navy … [Read more...]

Op-Ed: An American story, one soldier’s retirement recollections on the eve of Memorial Day weekend

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I heard it said that this set of remarks is sort of my last word in the Army. The last few years of political and social upheaval have given me much to think about as I prepared for closing this chapter in my life. It is not lost on me that this important milestone in my life comes on the eve of … [Read more...]